David McRaney our special guest to talk about his AlterNet piece Why do People Believe Stupid Stuff, Even When They’re Confronted With the Truth. David is the author of the upcoming book You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. At 8:25 we threw out news stories and at 8:35 we talked with Jeff Ryan about his book Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America.